Holder for graphophone-cylinders.



No. 853,805. 4 PATBNTBD MAY1'4, 1907.

W. KRENRIGH an F. HAMMOND.

HOLDER POR GRAPHPHONE GYLINDERS. APPLIOATIQN FILED APB .1a.-1aoa.

STATES PATENT WILLIAM KRENRICH, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND FORRESTHAMMOND, OF ESSEX, CONNECTICUT.

HOLDER FOR GRAPHOPHONE-CYLINDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application led April 13, 1906. Serial No. 311.528.

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Be it known that we, l/VILLIAM KRENRIGH, a resident of Bloomfield, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, and FoRREsT HAMMOND, aresident of Essex, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut,citi- Zens of the United States, have invented a new and improved Holderfor Graphophone- Cylinders, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a holder for graphophonecylinders, which will be of skeleton formation and so constructed thatthe members or arms which come in contact with the inner faces of thecylinders are of spring material, secured at one of their ends to asupport, and wherein said members arev curved where they connect withthe support and are from thence substantially straight but are given aslight outward inclination and are free at their lower ends, whereby asa cylinder is' slid over a holder the said members or arms of the holderare gradually pressed inward and are brought in close irictionalengagement with the cylinder throughout the lengthof their straightsections, and the cylinder is held from lateral displacement, yet may bereadily placed upon or removed from the holder without danger of damage.

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the holder that itwill be simple, light, durable and economic, and to provide a base orsupport for the holders, arranged to receive the holders and limit themovement of the free ends of their retaining arms.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set lforth and pointedout-in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder and base or support therefor; Fig. 2is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2-'2 of Fig. 1, Fig.3 is a section taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 and Fig. 4 isa plan view of a holder applied to a modified form of base or support.

A represents the base or support for the holder B. This base or supportusually consists of a thin piece of wood, and wherever a holder B is tobe applied the base or support A is provided with an aperture 10. Eachaperture 1() is either surrounded by a series of apertures 11, usuallyfour in number as shown in Fig. 1, or is surrounded by an annular groove12 as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The holder B consists of a post or pillar 13, which may be plain orornamental and which may be made of wood, or other suitable material.`Thebase 14 of said pillar or post 13 which rests upon the" base orsupport A, is provided with an integral or attached dowel pin 14a, whichis fitted to the aperture 10' selected in the support A, whereby to holdthe post or pillar in a firm upright position and yet permit the holderto be removed from the support if desired.

The post or pillar 13 is usually provided with a head 15 or'enlargementat its upper end, and this head or enlargement has by preference a flatupper surface 16 upon which a designating label, such as a labelindicating a number or a name may be placed, if so desired. Theypost orpillar 13 is provided with a series of retaining arms 17, usually fourin number although we do not confine ourselves to any particular numberof such arms these arms are made ofl reed, ratan, wire, or other springmaterial, and are by preference circular in cross section, and said armsmay be provided with a covering of a soft material if so desired. Theupper end of each arm 17 is given a short regular curve a, and the upperextremities of the said arms are introduced into the enlargement or head1,5 at equal distances apart and are secured to the head by cement,friciional engagement, or other means.

The main or body portion a of each retaining arm '17 is straight, but isgiven more or less of a downward and outward inclination; and the saidretaining arms 17 are of such length that their lower ends will enterthe apertures 11, or the groove 12, according to the construction of thesupport of the holder.

When a holder is in position on the support A, normally the lower endsof the retaining arms 17 willbe in engagement with the outer walls ofthe receiving apertures 11, or the vouter wall of thereceiving groove12, and the said groove, or the said apertures serve to limitparticularly the outward movement of the retaining arms, and likewiselimit their inward movement and serve to protect the free ends of thearms.

When a cylinder C is slipped over a holder B, the retaining arms aregradually pressed inward, and as the cylinder passes by that portion ofthe body oi the arms adjacent to the curved sections a, said cylinder sopresses in the said arm that while the arms have constant frictionalengagement with the inner face ol the cylinder, the cylinder when butpartially entered over the holder will slowly and by gravity drop to anengagement with the support A, so that in the event the cylinder shouldslip from the hand while being placed over a support, there will be nodanger of breakage. Again, as the body or straight portions a of theretaining arms have frictional engagement practically throughout theirlength against the cylinder, said cylinder is not only Well supportedbut is prevented from turning, or from having lateral movement, and yetthe cylinder can be as quickly and conveniently removed from a holder-as placed thereon.

The skeleton formation oi the holder admits of the passage of thefingers between the armsand the post or pillar. Under this arrangement anumber of cylinders may be grouped upon a support A and the supportconstitute the bottom portion of a case, enabling the cylinders to becarried with safety long or short distances.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

1. A holder for graphophone and like cylinders, comprising a central.post and retaining arms of a spring character secured at their upperends to the post, being free at their lower ends.

2. A holder for graphophone and like cylinders, consisting of a centralpost and resilient retaining arms having their upper portions curved andsecured to the upper end portion of the post and their body portionsstraight but given an outward and downward iiiclination, the lower endso'lt the retaining arms being tree.

3. rlfhe combination with a holder 'lor graphophone or like cylinders,which holder consists of a central post and resilient retaining armssecured to the upper portion o'lE the post, having their upper endscurved, their lower portions straight and their lower extremities free,and. a dowel extemling trom the lower portion of the post, ot a supporthaving an opening to receive the dowel ol' said post and also having itsupper 'lace depressed for the reception ot the tree ends ol' theretaining arms.

4. The combination with a holder tor graphophone and similar cylinders,whieh holder consists of a post et a rigid material having a dowel atits lower end and haring its upper surface flattened, and a series otresilient retaining arms having their upper ends curved and their upperextremities seeured in the upper portion of the said post, their majoror body portions being straight and given a downward inclination, thelower ends olI he said arms boing tree, olY a base or support havingopenings for the reception oi` the dowel of said posts and the treeends` ol the said retaining arms, whereby io hold he post stationary andlimit the outward movement of the arms.

ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presenee oll two subscribing witnesses.

lVlLLlAM KREN Rl( TI l. FORREST HAMMOND.

W'itnesses to signature oi'Y 'illiam lirenrich:

J. FRED. Aciinn, Evnimnn B. MAnsnALL. Wlitnesscs to signaturey o'liForrest llammond:

MAUnn S'rANnisn S'lxxriinsf Amon KATIE (loNKmn l

